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Table Data - Cotton Production by Lancaster Mill

Title Cotton Production by Lancaster Mill
Series ID CPNELANCASTER
Source National Bureau of Economic Research, Davis, Lance E., Stettler, H. Louis
Release Cotton Production in New England (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Thousands of Yards
Date Range 1847-01-01 to 1860-01-01
Last Updated 2019-11-01 1:43 PM CDT
Notes Data were gathered by the authors from various textile collections deposited at various museums and libraries on the East Coast, and collected from the original business records of textile mills in New England wherever possible. Preference was given to records that were complete and continuous for long periods, and reasonably intelligible.

Reporting techniques differed greatly from mill to mill. To make the data comparable, each mill's output was allocated uniformly over the months covered by the accounting period. The monthly figures were then summed to calendar years.

More details about the data are available in the book chapter "The New England Textile Industry, 1825-60: Trends and Fluctuations".
DATE VALUE
1847-01-01 327
1848-01-01 1422
1849-01-01 3192
1850-01-01 4058
1851-01-01 4102
1852-01-01 4369
1853-01-01 4026
1854-01-01 3869
1855-01-01 4678
1856-01-01 5039
1857-01-01 4612
1858-01-01 4636
1859-01-01 5340
1860-01-01 5309

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